NEW HIGH FOR PHILLIPS DESIGN IN LONDON During “Islamic Week” in London in mid-April, Sotheby’s and Christie’s offered art from the Muslim world, but Phillips de Pury Company went its own way, holding a design sale. The bit of counter-programming paid off, and the auction resulted in the firm’s highest total for the...
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This will make you scream. Bookies are expecting a version of “The Scream,” the iconic painting by Edvard Munch, to fetch $200 million when it goes up for auction at Sotheby’s in Manhattan on Wednesday. That’s much higher than Sotheby’s own estimate for the Norwegian painter’s masterpiece, which they call “one of the most...
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LONDON | Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:34am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Portrait painter Lucian Freud left a record 96 million pounds ($156 million) in his will, the largest sum bequeathed by a British artist, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported. Freud died in July last year aged 88, by which time his uncompromising, fleshy...
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MOSCOW — Home to more billionaires than New York or London and with a thirst for art to match, Moscow is turning into a key pre-sale destination for auction houses with world masters on their hands. London-based Christie’s and its US counterpart Sotheby’s first descended on Russia in the 1990s as interest in post-Soviet...
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By Chris Michaud NEW YORK | Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:36pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” could become the most expensive painting ever sold at auction on Wednesday if predictions that the work could fetch up to $150 million are to be believed. The vibrant pastel, one of four versions...
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Freud died in July last year aged 88, by which time his uncompromising, fleshy portraits had made him one of the world’s most revered and coveted artists, whose subjects ranged from England’s Queen Elizabeth II to the supermodel Kate Moss. His Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, a 1995 portrait of an obese woman asleep in the...
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GENEVA.- On 15 May 2012, Sothebys Geneva will inaugurate its new Day sales of Important Watches, with a morning and an afternoon session starting at 9am and 2pm respectively. Independent watchmakers, from Breguet to George Daniels, are at the core of Sothebys international watch sales this year and the May sale will pay tribute...
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Art isn’t generally Ladbrokes’s métier, but laying odds on just how much this work will get has even captured the attention of gamblers used to putting their money on horse races or boxing. Jessica Bridge, a spokeswoman for the company, said that the bookmakers “apply the same math and algorithms we do for football...
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Reuters 2:16 p.m. CDT, April 29, 2012 Article source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-britain-art-freudbre83s0e0-20120429,0,5538247.story
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